Stuyvesant Cove Park north of 20th Street is now closed as floodwall work related to the East Side Coastal Resiliency (ESCR) project continues along this corridor.
This three-block section is expected to be closed until some time in 2023 (subject to change), per the flyers...
This part of this ESCR construction started at the end of 2020. This is considered Project Area 2, which encompasses work between 15th Street and 25th Street, including Asser Levy Playground, Stuyvesant Cove Park, Murphy Brothers Playground, as well as local streets around the Con Edison facility. (You can find more updates about work in this section at this link.)
As Curbed previously reported: "Stuyvesant Cove will be dismantled and replaced with an elevated berm near the FDR Drive, with a sea wall built along its bike path on the waterfront. Solar One plans to move into a newly constructed building within a much different landscape."
The work on Stuyvesant Cove Park will happen in two phases... We're apparently in Phase 2...
So this is Project Area 2. The part of the ESCR getting more attention here is Project Area 1 between Montgomery Street and 15th Street, including East River Park. That work is expected to begin this fall. Trees that the city will cut down have apparently already been identified. (Updated noon: Word is circulating that workers have started removing several trees.)
So this is Project Area 2. The part of the ESCR getting more attention here is Project Area 1 between Montgomery Street and 15th Street, including East River Park. That work is expected to begin this fall. Trees that the city will cut down have apparently already been identified. (Updated noon: Word is circulating that workers have started removing several trees.)